Barkul language

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Barkul
Bo-Rukul
Kap amaBɔ, Kap maRukul
Native to Nigeria
Region Plateau State
Native speakers
2,000 (1999) [1]
Dialects
  • Bo
  • Rukul
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mae
Glottolog boru1244 [2]
Bo
PersonamaBɔ
PeoplebaBɔ
LanguageKap amaBɔ
Rukul
PersonamaRukul
PeoplebaRukul
LanguageKap maRukul

Barkul (Bo-Rukul) is a Plateau language of Barkul village, Bokkos LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria. The two dialects, Bo and Rukul, each with 500-1,000 speakers, are notably distinct. [3] The classification of Barkul is unclear, but it appears to be closest to Fyam and Horom.

Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Barkul, Mabo, Mwa, and Richa villages in Bokkos LGA.

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References

  1. ↑ Barkul at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bo-Rukul". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Blench, Roger. M. 1999. Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages. Ogmios, 11:11:14.



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